1 post for 2 separate "builds".
First, I finally finished a Micro Protoboard graciously donated by Mr.
@PedalPCB himself for the cause of inspiring others to start creating. Between the regular Protoboard and the Micro one, I prefer the larger simply because it allows more real estate to spread out on. That being said, I do appreciate the compactness of the Micro for trying out little ditties or auditioning components.
Naturally, once I finished putting it together I had to build something on top of this build to make sure the first build can work with the second build. Huh? Anyways, here's a very simple booster/fuzz circuit I cooked up in about 5 minutes just to see if the board and protoboard could function. Schematic and breadboard pic are below.
Essentially, this is a blendable input cap going into a single gain stage transistor then to a 10k volume pot. I wanted to grab a different BJT than I normally do (2n5088, 2n5089, or 2n3904) so I gave the BC series some love today with a BC547c. The emitter is jumpered to ground for maximum gain. Frankly, and NPN BJT will work just fine here and you can experiment if you want as well to see what you like.
Dial back the volume on your guitar and this turns into a boost. Dial the input cap pot to the smaller value of the two and you've got a treble booster that works pretty well IMO. Crank your volume knob back up and you've got a light/medium fuzz. Now that I'm writing this it seems that the ideal place for this would be at the beginning of your chain to stack with another effect you have.
5 minutes of my time plus some basic circuit knowledge produced something rather cool. Is it a Booster? Is it a Fuzz? No. I present to you the
Boozzter.
Now back to your regular progamming.